The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Key Holder - The Cosmetics Company Store - Gunwharf - 22.5 hours (3 days) FTC

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Key Holder – Prestige Beauty Retail (The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.)
About the Company
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and a global steward of luxury and prestige brands. Our products are sold in 150+ countries and territories under iconic names including:
- Estée Lauder
- Aramis
- Clinique
- Lab Series
- Origins
- M·A·C
- La Mer
- Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
- Aveda
- Jo Malone London
- Bumble & Bumble
- Darphin Paris
- TOM FORD
- Smashbox
- AERIN Beauty
- Le Labo
- Éditions de Parfums Frédéric Malle
- GLAMGLOW
- KILIAN PARIS
- Too Faced
- Dr.Jart+
- The DECIEM family of brands (including The Ordinary and NIOD)
- BALMAIN Beauty
About the Role
We are hiring a dynamic and inspirational Key Holder to support the Store Manager and Assistant Manager in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the store. Your role involves:
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Key Responsibilities
- Coaching & Leadership: Use your outstanding coaching and mentoring skills to lead by example, instilling authentic and personalized customer service behaviors in the sales team.
- Sales & Customer Experience: drive performance to meet all sales and customer service targets through inspirational engagement.
- Retail Operations:
- Conduct start and end-of-day cash reconciliation.
- Assume opening and closing duties on a rota basis (including weekends, evenings, and special events).
- Sales & Technical Skills: Utilise proficiency in retail point-of-sale software to support transactions and operational tasks.
- Team Contribution: Empower colleagues while maintaining flies pace retail standards in a fast-moving environment.
Ideal for an ambitious self-starter with retail experience seeking a first supervisory role—this is your stepping stone toward a long-term, rewarding career with a leader in the prestige beauty industry.


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Perks & Culture
Our culture celebrates diversity of thought and people, offering:
- Progressive career opportunities
- Outstanding training and development
- Competitive remuneration and benefits package
Requirements
Essential
- Proven retail experience (preferably in cosmetics).
- Strong ability to provide inspirational, authentic, and personalized customer service.
Desirable
- Previous experience with retail operations, including cash handling, opening/closing duties, and cash reconciliation.
- Supervisory experience with coaching/mentoring teams to meet sales and service targets.
- Familiarity with retail POS software.
- Ability to work non-traditional hours (days, nights, weekends, events) in a fast-paced beauty retail environment.
Compliance
Applicants will need to verify their right to work in the country (during the interview process if shortlisted).
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